Broker Regulation

U.S. Sen. Al Franken said Wednesday he plans to pursue legislation or federal regulations requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after presiding over a hearing on aggressive debt collection practices in several Minnesota hospitals.

Federal officials are asking for a $30 million refund from New Jersey after an audit found that adult mental health services providers in the state did not make Medicaid claims in accordance with state and federal standards.

Lawyers for public employee unions and a pair of nurses urged a judge Wednesday to block a plan for privatizing health care in Florida's prisons.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a disappointment.

As of June 4, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging will no longer accept manually submitted background checks and instead will require that all job applicants for long-term care facilities or home health care agencies use electronic fingerprinting.

Transparencys the new accountability. Or at least it should be.